HOXB7 overexpression promotes differenti
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Kristina BostrΓΆm; Yin Tintut; Shih Chi Kao; William P. Stanford; Linda L. Demer
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The presence of immature smooth muscle cells and ectopic tissues such as fully-formed bone in atherosclerotic lesions, may result from recapitulation of embryonic mechanisms in the artery wall. We hypothesized that expression of homeobox genes is triggered in atherogenesis and that these regulate pr